I first heard of Natacha Atlas back in my formative days of DJ’ing - she was the arabic voice that was sampled for the Coldcut remix of Paid in Full by Eric B and Rakim, and became an almost signature voice for my early DJ sets, playing the original cut and paste tunes of the era. Read my comments on her new album here.

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So I’ve decided to have an update to the site, and my new mantra that ‘content is king’ has been fully taken into account as I chose and customised my theme. Read more about my redesign here.

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…and upgrading to v2.0.1 at the same time…I’m getting there, but I’ll remove the theme whilst I work on things…

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So, George Michael is arrested after being found slumped over the steering wheel of his car in London - maybe he was listening to his last album, he wouldn’t need drugs to fall asleep then.

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My day…7.30 flight to Dusseldorf, cancelled - arrived in Dusseldorf by another airline, one hour late. 90 minute car ride to Maastricht. 4 hour meeting. 90 minute car ride back. Flight back to the Heathrow. Arrive home 8.20pm. Always, always thinking of her…

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…and some that even in truth, are difficult to comprehend. Today the World Press Photo Awards were distributed, here is a gallery of the winning photographs. I surrender to the genius of some of these, heart rending, tragic and breathtaking - but above all else - brilliant photographs.

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I first heard about this band whilst driving in Seattle last week - they were interviewed on local radio there, and I liked the sound of them…read my review of their album.

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